Chapter 59: Black Widow falls in love with A-Du and her mentality breaks down. Wang Yan is more important than anything else!
Eagle strikes the sky!

When Charles Barkley heard the name, he was stunned for a moment, obviously a little surprised.

I have to say that the name Eagle Strikes the Sky really suits Wang Yan's move.

Wang Yan's posture of gliding in the air was indeed like an eagle soaring in the sky.

"I now officially announce that Wang Yan's three-point layup move will be renamed Eagle Strike the Sky from now on."

Charles Barkley fully endorsed the proposal to affirm Smith.

"Let's not talk about Wang Yan's move for now. The Thunder are in some danger right now. Jrue Holiday has caused a lot of trouble for Russell Westbrook."

In two consecutive rounds, Holiday stole the ball for Westbrook.

This is no coincidence.

Jrue Holiday's defensive talent and skills are definitely underestimated by others.

"The top priority now is to reduce Russell's ball possession and let Kevin Durant initiate the offense." Barkley gave a countermeasure.

"Anti-python, King!"

At this moment, a voice suddenly rang out in the somewhat silent stadium.

Durant was somewhat familiar with the tone, and after serving the ball, he turned and looked towards the audience area.

For a moment, my heart started beating wildly.

The little peach-colored hearts seem to be about to fly out of the eyes.

this is not……

My dream girl, Scarlett Johansson, she actually came to the sidelines!

Is she here to watch me play?
That must be it!

I was blocked but she was still cheering me on. I couldn't let her down.

First glimpse of Scarlett Johansson.

Durant's fighting power suddenly soared.

If I had known that the goddess was coming, how could I have played more restrainedly in the opening stage?

As the saying goes, there are black silks off the court and change of direction like Rose.

There is a goddess off the court, and the dunk is fierce and fierce.

After actively asking for the ball across half court, he faced Jimmy Butler's defense.

The excited KD made a huge change of direction in front of his body, trying to cause direct damage.

Snapped!
however.

The next moment, Durant was empty-handed.

Jimmy Butler used his lower center of gravity and better defensive judgment to predict Durant's early change of direction, stretched out his left hand, and easily stole the ball.

"Another mistake, Kevin Durant's dribble was actually intercepted by Jimmy Butler!"

Charles Barkley was shocked: "The Thunder have made three turnovers in a row, and all of them were low-level mistakes where the ball was intercepted while dribbling."

"Yes, even Kevin Durant made a low-level mistake by having his dribbling intercepted. Let's see the counterattack first. BANG! Another alley-oop cooperation between Irving and Wang Yan!"

After returning from the timeout, the Cavaliers had already gone on a 7-0 run.

And the Thunder made mistakes in all three of their attacks.

"Shit!"

Durant cursed and looked towards the audience area off the court with some guilt.

He saw the apologetic figure he was expecting in his heart cheering at this moment.

Durant frowned suddenly.

"That's not right. Why is she cheering?"

What Durant didn't know at this time was that there was a red T-shirt underneath Scarlett's coat.

That is Wang Yan's jersey.

Looking back, Kevin Durant used his height to suppress Butler with his back, and his turnaround jump shot was once again disturbed.

"I'm not questioning KD's ability, but he obviously underestimated Jimmy Butler's defense."

Barkley shook his head in disappointment: "Although the Cavaliers have a DPOY-level player, we must not ignore the defensive value of Jimmy Butler and Jrue Holiday."

"Especially Jimmy Butler, who is also very likely to be selected to the All-Defensive Team in his rookie season."

As Barkley said, even though Butler's performance on the offensive end was not dazzling.

But his contribution to the Cavaliers' defense was outstanding.

In fact, Jimmy Butler, like Leonard, started as a defensive blue-collar player before becoming a star.

Facing Butler's defense, Durant's two attacks failed, and he managed to make a drifting mid-range shot on the third time.

"The Thunder's offense was too difficult. They fell into the trap of blindly playing one-on-one, while the Cavaliers played a comprehensive offense."

As soon as he finished speaking, Irving took advantage of Wang Yan's cover to make a fake shot from mid-range, helping Wang Yan to dunk in an alley-oop.

The Cavaliers went on an 11-2 run after the timeout.

Coach Brooks called timeout again.

"Brooks has to make adjustments on both offense and defense."

Charles Barkley looked at the Thunder's bench, and James Harden took off his training jacket: "It looks like they are going to change to their super low 6. James Harden will strengthen the firepower on the offensive end."

The reason why the Thunder is strong is not just because of Westbrook and Durant.

The Thunder's starting lineup can indeed be said to be quite luxurious.

But there is another point, which is why the Thunder can rank second in the Western Conference.

They even have a great player sitting on their bench, James Harden, who can easily score 30 points when he is in good form.

Harden's presence has largely solved the problem of many strong teams losing points in the transition period.

And James Harden is another card for Brooks.

If used with Westbrook and Durant at the same time.

The offensive talent of this Thunder team will be maximized to the extreme!
. . . .

"Boss, this is crazy."

On the Cavaliers bench, Butler excitedly made a celebratory gesture to Wang Yan: "You almost broke the other team's basket with your dunk."

Although the Thunder has a twin tower lineup.

But almost all of Wang Yan’s points came from dunks!

In addition to the eagle flying in the sky, Wang Yan has completed 5 dunks.

The basket was almost doused with water.

And Wang Yan’s performance also proved what the hell is called top-level twin towers!
"This is not my fault alone."

Wang Yan smiled and praised Holiday and Butler: "You two's defense is the key factor in widening the score."

Young players need encouragement from the team boss.

Wang Yan's words really touched the hearts of the two people.

But after this pause.

The Cavaliers also made personnel adjustments.

Isaiah Thomas replaces Irving as the point guard.

"King, the storm is coming."

Byron Scott looked at Wang Yan with an expectant smile on his face: "I guess Kevin Durant will not be replaced, and with our lineup, Jimmy Butler will face James Harden."

"I understand coach."

Wang Yan already understood what the head coach meant: "Isn't this what you expected?"

Wang Yan knew when the Thunder put out a four-young lineup.

There is a high probability that I will go against KD.

And this group is not only anticipated by the fans, but also by Wang Yan.

Even Byron Scott.

Also a little excited.

. . .

Pause back.

The Cavaliers fielded a semi-starting lineup.

Isaiah Thomas, Jrue Holiday, Jimmy Butler, Wang Yan, the Eight Wise Kings.

The Thunder also made big changes to their lineup.

"Thabo Sefolosha and Kendrick Perkins went off at the same time."

"Daequan Cook and James Harden come off the bench, and now the question is."

"Who will defend Wang Yan?"

Barkley took a look at the two teams' lineups: "Kevin Durant was pushed to the power forward position."

"TT is still on the court, so the player defending TT should be Ibaka." "That also means that Kevin Durant will face Wang Yan at the power forward position."

"Or...will both teams set up zone defense?"

With questions.

The game begins with the referee's whistle.

The opening matchup excited all the fans.

Kevin Durant was in the low post, and the person defending him was Wang Yan, who was a size older than him.

"I knew that Wang Yan might be late for the matchup with KD, but he would not be absent!"

"The two have very similar figures. Only when they stand together can you feel the visual impact."

"But let me be honest, KD is obviously two times thinner than Wang Yan, so he can't take advantage of Wang Yan in terms of strength."

On the court, Durant first blocked Wang Yan in the low post and tried to get the ball for a one-on-one duel.

If nothing else, just for Scarlett's smile.

however.

After feeling the power, Durant decisively gave up the low-post attack.

Instead, he went to the wing at 45 degrees to receive the ball.

Bang!
"The matchup we wanted is finally here!"

Charles Barkley rubbed his hands excitedly: "KD didn't mean to pass the ball, he wanted to challenge Wang Yan one-on-one."

"This is a head-on matchup between the current league's leading scorers, and also the first clash between the league's old and new scoring champions!"

"It's a fierce showdown between next year's MVP and the new MVP!"

With so much expectation, the emotions of the fans in the stadium were also aroused.

The moment Durant received the ball, he originally wanted to shoot directly. After all, Wang Yan left him one step of space, and such defense was undoubtedly an easy task for Durant.

However, Wang Yan stretched out his long arm and spread out his five fingers.

In an instant, Durant discovered that the basket in his sight was hidden behind Wang Yan's fingers.

If Wang Yan's wingspan was 3 centimeters shorter, Durant would just pull up for the shot.

In the end, Durant had no choice but to dribble and attack, making two consecutive front-body changes.

Boom!

To be honest, Durant's dribbling in his peak period was steady and had huge amplitude.

Wang Yan was always looking for opportunities to steal the ball.

But it didn't work out.

After two cross overs in front of the body to control the rhythm, Durant flashed to the baseline.

A mid-range jump shot, a cool shot!
boom!
The next moment, Wang Yan, who tried to steal the ball but failed, suddenly jumped up with both feet.

Stretch out your left arm, spread your five fingers, and hit the basketball!
Seeing this scene, the fans at the scene felt so nervous that they couldn't breathe.

What is the game between giants?
This is a game between giants!
It's like American Spider-Man vs. Chinese Devil Muscle Man!
"Two consecutive early crossover changes of direction, this ball is completely in KD's dribbling rhythm!"

"Mid-range jump shot, that's his specialty, oh NO, what happened?"

"KD missed all three shots!"

This shocked the narrator.

Kevin Durant's mid-range jumper is completely in his own offensive rhythm.

In the end, the basketball didn’t even touch the rim!
"Did a block happen?"

Flying Pig Barkley exclaimed excitedly.

The offense and defense of the two players, Steel, can be said to be at their peak.

No one could see clearly whether Wang Yan touched the basketball or not.
However, the video playback gave the answer not long after.

Kevin Durant was amazing from dribbling to pulling up and shooting.

But Wang Yan's defense is also top-notch.

As the basketball was rising from Durant's fingers, it was touched by Wang Yan's left middle finger.

Really, middle finger block!

In just a moment, the flying basketball stopped spinning.

At the same time, the goal that was destined to be scored turned into a three-way miss.

"OH! MY! GOD!"

Barkley gasped when he saw the video replay.

"This may be the most unsolvable offense, encountering the most unsolvable defense!"

"And this should also be the first time KD's pull-up jump shot was blocked, right?"

Just like the narrator said.

When Durant makes a pull-up jump shot, once he shoots the ball.

All defenses were in vain.

We can only pray that Durant loses his touch.

No player has ever been able to block Durant's pull-up jump shot.

Wang Yan is the first one!
When Wang Yan started defending Durant, the offensive efficiency dropped sharply, far below the normal level.

As for the Thunder's other three scoring points, Westbrook's form did not improve despite being tightly guarded by Jrue Holiday.

Although James Harden, who came off the bench, also made a few assists, his efficiency was average facing Jimmy Butler's tough defense.

At the end of the first half, the two teams were tied at 58 to 49, with the Thunder trailing by 9 points at home.

“Both sides gave us a pretty good game.”

"But what I want to say is that the Thunder is in urgent need of finding a way out of this situation. They are facing unprecedented challenges on the offensive end."

At halftime, Charles Barkley's comments were blunt.

Why do you say that?
The Thunder averaged 105 points per game this season!
The offensive talent can be said to be fully maximized.

And they didn't score more than 50 points at halftime today.

This was only because Durant made a difficult buzzer-beating three-pointer before the end of the game, otherwise the two teams would have had a 12-point difference.

"When Wang Yan starts to face KD, the Thunder must come up with a more efficient way to score, and they must not just play one-on-one."

Barkley put it bluntly.

The Cavaliers have the perfect defensive resources to limit the Thunder.

Wang Yan restricted KD, Holiday locked down Westbrook, and Butler clung to Harden.

It can be said that the Thunder's three main offensive points were exactly what the Cavaliers wanted.

And vice versa.

The defensive effectiveness of the Thunder's big four is clearly insufficient.

They didn't have anyone who could limit Irving.

No one who can restrict Wang Yan has been found yet.

What is talent versus talent?

This is called talent suppressing talent!

"If the Thunder still can't find a way to improve their offensive efficiency in the second half."

"They will be stuck in a vicious cycle of singles, and this game will be very difficult!"

"And the Cavaliers are also proof that they have the best talent in this league!"

Let’s look at the statistics of the main players of the two teams.

杜兰特12投5中12分，威斯布鲁克8投2中得6分，哈登8投3中得10分。

On the other hand, the Cavaliers.

Wang Yan made 16 of 12 shots in the first half and scored 24 points and 10 rebounds without any three-pointers or free throws.

Irving made 10 of 5 shots and scored 13 points and 5 assists.

Just for the half.

Wang Ou combination > Thunder three youngsters!!
…………

If you focus on the twin towers in the interior.

Wang Yan 24 points and 10 rebounds + Baxian Wang 4 points and 6 rebounds.

Against the Thunder, Perkins had 0 points and 0 rebounds, and Ibaka had 4 points and 3 rebounds.

Cavaliers twin towers > Thunder double tall!!
It is worth mentioning that among the four comparison options, one name is used repeatedly.

That is: Wang Yan!

So, come to the conclusion.

Wang Yan is above everything!!

(End of this chapter)